Location: Crested Butte, CO Start Date: Jan 27 2012 - Jan 29 2012 The 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race is also the ISMF North American Championship. Racers from Canada and throughout the US will compete for the title of North American Champion. This year's course includeds a technical climb, please note required gear. Info:http://www.skicb.com/cbmr/info/things-to-do/skimo.aspx. Registration: http://www.zapevent.com/ListActivities.aspx?eventid=1803 http://www.ussma.org/race/cosmic/2012-01-28/2012-ismf-north-american-championships

HYPERLIGHT. TOTALLY INNOVATIVE. The XLC 390 has reigned supreme as the lightest 12 point crampons in the world for almost 10 years. So it is no surprise that when we set out to create the new lightest crampons in the world, it would be our own record we would have to beat. What it took […]

CRACKED! A broken ski could’ve spelled disaster for two rivals turned partners at the COSMIC Five Peaks Race in Breckenridge. Instead, it became a strategy that drove them. By Bryan Wickenhauser AS I RACED down the first descent on wind-hammered sastrugi snow, I found myself drifting into a tailspin. “What the hell is going on!” […]

Location: Sunlight Mountain, CO Start Date: Jan 14 2012 Registration is now open for the sixth annual Heathen Challenge. Please fax or scan and email the attached form. Race date for the 2012 Heathen Challenge is Saturday, January 14th. More backcountry this year; we'll be skinning more outside of the "ski area" in the permit area and using the […]